Cinema for Peace

The Cinema for Peace Foundation

Established in 2008 by Jaka Bizilj, Cinema for Peace Foundation was founded to further develop the goals and activities established by the annual Cinema for Peace Gala. Cinema for Peace Foundation endeavors to promote worldwide peace and understanding through the support of cinematographic works.

Film plays a significant role in highlighting inequality, injustice and inhumanity, and can offer a hope and vision for a better future. Cinema for Peace Foundation works to provide an internationally recognized and easily accessible platform for promoting human rights values, both in first world and afflicated countries.

The central mission of Cinema for Peace Foundation is to provide support through the funding, production and worldwide distribution and promotion of film projects that focus on humanitarian and justice issues such as the prevention of disease (e.g. AIDS), terrorism, ecocide, war, poverty and violation of human rights.

Cinema for Peace aims to bring these humanitarian issues to public attention through the medium of film by partnering with the international film community as well as influential people in media, politics, business and society, to showcase cinematic works which highlight the human condition and values.


Cinema for Peace Gala

An annual award show that takes place in Berlin, and honoures the most valuable films of the year focused on human and social rights, the fight for justice, and environmental sustainability.